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WILLIAM S, FREEMAN, OF WEST UNION, OHIO.

Leners Patent No. segnalata August 4,1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND-LOOMS. l

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM S.' FREEMAN, of West Union, Adams county, Ohi'o havc invented certain new and useful Improvements in Looms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and enact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification. l

My improvements have for their object afsimple and eifective means of opening the shed of the warp, and keeping it open' for a suiicient period to enable the driving home of the woef-thread by the hatten, and an improved arrangement of picker-motion. i

In the drawings- Figure 1 isla perspective view of a loom embodying my improvements.

Figure 2 is a detached view of my picker-staff and treadles combined..

Figure 3Vshows my arrangement of treadle-operating arms.

The following parts may be of customary form, and require no specific description, to wit, the frame A, heddles B, treadles @warp-beam and roller D E, cloth-beam and roller F G, and batten I-I.

The driving-shaft IVI is journalled horizontally, transversely of the frame A, at its front end, and is provided at its middle width with a crank, m, of suieient size to enable the weaver to use both hands when desired, and v also, by admitting his body, to enable him to reach any broken thread in the warp, and any other part of the' machine or fabric in front of the heddles.

The driving-shaft M carrieshat its extremities ily-wheels N, connected by pitmen O VO- to the batten H, and one of them is also connected through its pitman-wrist by'a hooped feed-pawl, P, with a ratchet-wheel, Q, upon the shaft R, whosespirally-arranged arms or tappets, S, serve to depress, in appropriate succession, the treadles C. The end of the hook p ofthe pawl P rests in its backward stroke upon a circular boss, g, on the face of the wheel Q, the wheel meanwhile remaining at rest, so as to prolong the wide-open condition ofthe shed during the throw of the shuttle, and thus insure the proper stretch and lay of the woef-thread. A pawl, T, engaging in teeth on the rim or periphery of the wheel Q., holds it at rest during the backward stroke of the feed-pawl. i

My picker-staff U projects fromV a shaft, et, journalled vertic'allyin the hatten, and to this shaft is attached, by its middle, a strap, V, whose ends are divided and secured to the alternate treadlesin the manner shown ing. 2. Y i

By means `of the above-described arrangement of devices, the depression of each respectiver pair of treadl'es results in a tension of the respective ends of the strap V, and operates to vibrate the-pickershaft and throw the shuttle.

The cloth-roller G has a ratehet-wheel, g, engaged by a feed-pawl, W, pivoted to a lever, X. A cord, Y, is connected with the lever X, by being passed one-or more times around a pin in its side, as shown in iig. 1. One end of said cord being carried backward, i`s attached to the batten Hfand the other, passing over a roller, is provided with a weight, Z', which holds the cord taut under all circumstances, adapting the lever to be oscil- ,lated through the cord by the movement of the hatten, and thus at each stroke impart a partial revolution to the cloth-roller. h A

`When it is desired lto weave the cloth less thickly, it is only necessary to draw the cord slightly through the lever, so as to shorten thedistance `between the latter and the hatten, thus lengthening the stroke of the lever, and consequently increasing the movement which it imparts to the cloth-roilcr. The cloth-'then being drawn more rapidly away from the action of the reed upon the woef-thread, the latter is laid up more loosely, and a inoreopeniabric produced. Y i

I claim herein as new, and of my invention Y 1. The driving-shaft M, pawl P, ratehet-wheel'Q, shaft It, with tappets S, and treadles C, all constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the elements of claim first, the picker-staii` U u and strap V.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

` WILLIAM S. FREEMAN.

Witnesses:

Gro. ll. KNIGHT,

JAMES Il. Lannion 

